Digsby adds Facebook Chat

[Jeff]

A relative newcomer to the multi-network IM list, Digsby has been on a tear! Digsby not only allows connectivity to AIM, WLM, Yahoo, and Google Talk, but also your email and social networks like Myspace and Facebook. And today they rolled out their latest version (build 28), becoming the first IM program to add support for Facebook Chat.

Digsby's Facebook Chat support is separate from the Facebook notifications, so you'll need to download the latest version and then add Facebook Chat to your IM accounts in Digsby preferences to use it.

Normally, Digsby will automatically check for updates and install them when you sign-in, but I found that even after auto-updating, I was still a few builds behind (probably due to my proxy configuration). You can jump straight to the latest by simply downloading directly from the Digsby website. All your settings will remain intact.

Also in this version is improved support for Yahoo Mail and (thankfully) improved proxy support.

Kudos to the Disgby team!

Read more from the Digsby blog.

[VvWolverinevV]

Wow, I haven't tried the Facebook IM support, but assuming it works well this is quite an impressive move from such a new application.

[David]

Digsby really is leaps and bounds ahead of other multi-headed IM clients. The facebook chat support seems to be working well.